BOAC
The internet explorer thing is a mystery. It opens to the home page and then if you try another webpage it sits for minutes then all of a sudden it opens another browser which just sits blank.
The whole machine is running really slowly. I tried running registry mechanic and it just froze up.
Oh and as expected there are norton and symantec bits in various places.
I have decided that I will probably bite the bullet and go for the full reformat as I have every thing backed up onto the laptop anyway.